Mirabaud hires former BlackRock’s Tubbs to start EM fund

Mirabaud Asset Management has hired the former
co-head of BlackRock’s global emerging markets team to head a
long-only UCITS fund domiciled in Luxembourg.

Tubbs will shortly be joined by three other
people to head the emerging markets fund from Mirabaud’s London
office. The team will carry out extensive personalised due
diligence for this long-only fund.

With significant experience in Asian equities,
Tubbs is eager to penetrate all emerging markets, “not just the 21
MSCI countries”, he said, voicing an interest in the likes of Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait and Panama.

In addition to his four years at BlackRock,
Tubbs has also managed the Asia (ex-Japan) group of funds at WestLB
Asset Management.

“Managing an investment fund requires the same
qualities as a business owner”, says Tubbs. “It is this
entrepreneurial spirit cultivated by Mirabaud over the past two
centuries that attracted me to this company”.

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